Changes are coming to Lamar County Schools as Superintendent Steven Hampton retires and a new leader takes his place.

COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Every vote counted in Collins, where Charles Pipkins won an alderman seat by a single vote.

Hattiesburg Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a local university student, 21-year-old Jeremiah Warfield.

Gabrielle Nordan joins WDAM Sunrise to tell us about the Hattiesburg Zoo's 75th anniversary celebration ...

After 30 years of teaching, Leah Ann Peavey has earned a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathermatics and Science ...

Ducker won another four-year term in a landslide, running away from challengers William E.J. Miller and Emily Dawn Escolas in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Ducker pulled in a whopping 89 percent of ...

Eric Boney won the Ward 2 seat in a race that pitted a pair of newcomers for the first time in over two decades, after incumbent Councilwoman Deborah Delgado decided not to run for re-election. Boney ...

The other alderman’s race that would be decided Tuesday, the Ward 3 seat, saw incumbent Sally Buffington keep her seat. Buffington picked up 49 votes while challenger Misty Jones Page picked up 26 ...

All of the aldermen currently occupying seats were the top five vote getters Tuesday among the eight candidates running in ...

Two vehicles suffered severe damage recently during an accident in the area of Monroe and McPhail roads in Forrest County ...

COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - Columbia Mayor Justin McKenzie won a third term in office Tuesday night in the city’s Republican ...